Okay, this was supposed to be a blog about something else, but I got into a discussion about target audiences with a friend and I wanted to open the discussion up a little.

First, the backstory is that one of the writing projects I'm working on is called "Destructive Criticism" and is a book that I'm writing in what will read as a rather unique, fast-pace narrative. The other reason for the particular style is that I intend to post much of it right here, long before I ever actually publish it.

More importantly, however, this book--as I've mentioned before--is about two brothers who are about to hit it big with their respective internet shows.

So it'll be a unique story told in a unique way, essentially for the targetted audience of YOU. And the other people in my YouTube community.

The question arises, however: am I handicapping myself by specifically targetting such a niche market? Is it better to try and be more "mainstream"?

I look at everything else I've published and scratch my head. It ranges from scriptbooks to a text-based thriller novel. Mainstream my ass. The most mainstream of my books is a short novel about paranormal investigators taking on vampires holed up in a library.

I didn't say it was mainstream, I said it was the MOST mainstream of my books.

Krumbine, it seems, is not much of a mainstream writer.

But maybe that's one of my problems? I keep talking about needing to sell one more book to receive my first remission's check--would I have sold that book already if my material was more mainstream?